We flew by the Tall Tower site on the way out of McMurdo (about 35
minutes flight). The site was covered by fog. Erin was able to see
the very top of the tower through the fog, but we were not able to
land. We flew on to the Marilyn AWS site (about a 30 minute flight
from Tall Tower).

The Belfort aerovane was replaced.

Instrument heights are:

J-box: 57"
Electronics box: 72"
Boom: 133"

The boom is oriented facing 316 deg.

Note: the tower is leaning quite a bit. A new tower should probably
be installed at the next visit.

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1/23/09

Marilyn site was visited on 1/23/09 by John Cassano and 3 RPSC personnel on a morale trip (Kris, Marty, and Joel).
The Twin Otter had difficulty locating this site. After circling for approximately 15 minutes we landed at the given lat/long and scanned the horizon for the AWS.
We were unable to spot the AWS and then taxied approximately due east until we spotted the AWS. The Twin Otter GPS coordinates at the site were 79 deg 55.551 min S and 165 deg 29.511 min E.
UNAVCO GPS (#16414) deployed at site from 2:30 to 5:00PM